Model of physiological stress in chickens 2. Dosimetry of adrenocorticotropin

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 370-376

  Puvadolpirod, S ^a,b   Thaxton, J P ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUKHOTHAI THAMMATHIRAT OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Broilers; Corticosterone; Dosimetry; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LYMPHOID TISSUE;

EID: 0034146374     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.3.370     Document Type: Article

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